{"product_id":"the-digital-condition-hardback-9781509519590","title":"The Digital Condition (Hardback) 9781509519590","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Digital Condition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFelix Stalder (Author), Valentine A. Pakis (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509519590, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A remarkable map of the social and cultural changes brought about by the shift to digital culture. Broad in scope and precise in detail, this is a book of plentiful insights and deft propositions.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMatthew Fuller, Goldsmiths, University of London\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fresh and intimate analysis that transcends labels and points to the tendency toward commons as proof for the existence of genuine, fundamental, and cutting-edge alternatives. Felix Stalder is whispering in the reader's ear that, yes, despite everything, another world is possible. A must-read for anyone who cares about the future.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrebor Scholz, The New School, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOur daily lives, our culture and our politics are now shaped by the digital condition as large numbers of people involve themselves in contentious negotiations of meaning in ever more dimensions of life, from the trivial to the profound. They are making use of the capacities of complex communication infrastructures, currently dominated by social mass media such as Twitter and Facebook, on which they have come to depend.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003eAmidst a confusing plurality, Felix Stalder argues that are three key constituents of this condition: the use of existing cultural materials for one's own production, the way in which new meaning is established as a collective endeavour, and the underlying role of algorithms and automated decision-making processes that reduce and give shape to massive volumes of data. These three characteristics define what Stalder calls 'the digital condition'. Stalder also examines the profound political implications of this new culture. We stand at a crossroads between post-democracy and the commons, a concentration of power among the few or a genuine widening of participation, with the digital condition offering the potential for starkly different outcomes.\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003eThis ambitious and wide-ranging theory of our contemporary digital condition will be of great interest to students and scholars in media and communications, cultural studies, and social, political and cultural theory, as well as to a wider readership interested in the ways in which culture and politics are changing today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the English Edition vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: After the End of the Gutenberg Galaxy 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI. Evolution 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Expansion of the Social Basis of Culture 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Culturalization of the World 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Technologization of Culture 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the Margins to the Center of Society 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. Forms 58\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferentiality 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunality 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgorithmicity 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Politics 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Democracy 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommons 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst a Lack of Alternatives 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and References 176\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441786941720,"sku":"9781509519590","price":43.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509519590.jpg?v=1785025050","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-digital-condition-hardback-9781509519590","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}